Upstart gangsters shake Japan’s yakuza (www.straitstimes.com)
from schizoidman@lemmy.zip to world@lemmy.world on 19 Dec 11:48
https://lemmy.zip/post/55295411

While the yakuza used to pride themselves on not preying on the poor and weak, the tokuryu have no such scruples.

They make much of their millions from conning Japan’s ageing population

Tokyo police – who called them their “biggest public order priority” – set up a 100-officer taskforce in October to “destroy” the groups.

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CanadaPlus@lemmy.sdf.org on 19 Dec 23:13 next collapse

I have a feeling the Yakuza’s definition of poor and weak was pretty flexible.

Edit: It mentions at the end they’re getting in on the scams too now.

krooklochurm@lemmy.ca on 20 Dec 00:43 collapse

When I was in Asia recently I was very disappointed I didn’t see any yakuza in Japan but I did see three of them walking down the street in da nang which was awesome